Mount & Blade: Wind of War

Life and death are the precious keys to unlock the secrets of martial arts.

At the beginning of the birth of martial arts, when humans picked up spears from the era of eating raw meat and drinking blood, its most primitive meaning was only one word - "survival"!

The knowledge that aims to kill the opponent and ensure one's own survival is martial arts.

But blindly pursuing external stimulation and the left-handed way of running fast is ultimately an evil way. After all, there is only one life, and if you always fight for your life, you will always die.

Therefore, the difference between the right way and the evil way is whether accumulation is the main and stimulation is the auxiliary, or whether stimulation is the main and accumulation is the auxiliary.

Rhodes' daily self-discipline and accumulation are enough, and occasionally supplemented by strong external stimulation, this is the right way.

At this moment, among the dense forests and scattered rocks, Rhodes forced himself to forget the reinforcements, the lonely mountain castle, and everything:

I only have the sword, that's all.

Because of the crazy burst of fighting spirit before, several meridians in the body were even damaged by the impact. However, this is not the time to heal. Rhodes tried his best to gather and mobilize the remaining holy light in the body with all his mind.

If a meridian is damaged, what needs to be done at this time is not to repair it, but to temporarily bypass it and quickly transfer the energy to the meridians for preparation.

Because of the intense stimulation of the great terror between life and death, the activation of mental power has increased. Slowly, Rhodes feels that his own qi and the long sword in his hand are more and more integrated. The pale golden long sword under the sunlight in the forest gradually spreads and flashes a pure golden brilliance at this moment.

It sounds long, but in fact, the time in the outside world has only passed for a moment. When people are in a state of spiritual elevation and on the verge of death, they will feel that time has become slow.

The green-skinned ancient orc Mokali, holding a terrifying axe, faintly sensed the changes of the other party under the interaction of the qi of both parties. It hates all variables and no longer gathers qi to the peak to delay time. A violent wave of fire that rushes straight into the sky bursts out with its body as the center.

Before Mokali swung his axe, the human male in front of him suddenly swung his sword to meet him, and came to the point where his axe fell, thrusting his sword forward.

The sword and axe collided, and because his own strength was not fully exerted, the sword tip hit the weakest part of the axe. After one move, the two sides were evenly matched.

Seeing this, Mokali attacked with all his strength several times in a row, but all he encountered were the same results. It seemed that in just a short moment, the opponent's understanding of martial arts and moves was greatly improved.

"Sure enough, there is a change!"

Fighting is the best way for a warrior to understand a person. Words can deceive people, but martial arts emphasize the unity of body and mind. It is difficult for a brave person to exert the full power of a set of fully defensive martial arts, and it is difficult for a steady person to attack with a fierce killing intent.

Therefore, Mokali soon felt that his opponent at this moment had made a qualitative leap in the degree of pure destruction of the sword power attack and the grasp of moves and battle rhythm compared to just now.

"Is this the so-called martial arts genius, who becomes stronger when facing a stronger opponent?"

Mokali had such a feeling in his heart, but it was really a misunderstanding. Because the direct cause of these was not Rhode's own ability at all.

Ancient Cross Sword/Archangel Sword, also known as the Wrathful Soul Sword by Rhode!

Enchantment effect:

High morale: slightly.

Fighting spirit doubled: slightly.

Evil enemy: The attack damage is greatly increased when fighting against the dead spirits and demon camp enemies.

Prophet: Hidden enchantment attribute, which requires the master of the army to comprehend it by himself.

High morale maintains Rhode's basic psychological bottom line, but his mind is firm, so this attribute has little effect.

Fighting spirit doubled doubled the light fighting spirit reserve, which is a great benefit to the battle, but Rhode's fighting spirit is now almost exhausted.

Evil enemy, this attribute makes Rhodes have stronger attack power every time he strikes with his sword during the fight with Mokali. Although the martial arts practiced by Mokali are profound and abstruse, they are extraordinary knowledge obtained by its teacher from the lower plane, which belongs to the category of restraint.

Just at that moment, Rhodes' spirit was elevated, and his self-observation also improved his own fit with the sword.

The restraint increase was originally only about 30%, but now it has increased to 50%. In Mokali's view, the opponent's fighting spirit attack attribute has suddenly increased.

And the fourth attribute of this sword, the prophet, also made Rhodes vaguely understand it at this moment.

If Rhodes looks at the attributes of this sword now, he will find that the original text has faded and replaced with:

Prophet: Based on the intelligence attribute of the master of the weapon, it greatly improves the regularity of the development of all things. When the master of the weapon applies this ability to the martial arts of the opponent in front of him, the extreme state can even reach the realm of "seeing through the future, the sword will kill!"

Of course, the result in actual combat may be embarrassing if it is so awesome in theory.

For example, Rhode, with 30 intelligence points at this moment, could not see any future in which he could kill Mokali's axe. All he could see was the future in which it chopped him off with one axe.

Moreover, the moves of martial arts masters changed rapidly, and the reaction time was extremely short. When the axe was raised, he could see multiple futures in an instant. When the axe fell, he could only find the relatively best future as soon as possible and complete it. Otherwise, if he just saw it but did nothing, and the axe was raised and fell, Rhode would still end up with his head and body separated and cut into two pieces.

"The future has infinite possibilities, but if you do nothing, then there will be no possibility. By the way, why will a sword teach me the truth of life one day?"

Although he was madly complaining in his heart, in fact, Rhodes had to admire the power of the legendary holy sword in his hand.

Rhodes is the lord of Lonely Mountain Castle. His cultivation direction has always been to accumulate fighting spirit step by step, which is the proven way of Qi Zong.

Although his martial arts are relatively good, the energy invested in cultivation is not as much as the tempering of fighting spirit.

Originally, Rhodes did not think there was any problem with this. It was enough to be strong. His own temperament was more suitable for Qi Zong practice.

However, at this moment, life and death are at stake. With a sword in hand, when facing a real legendary strongman, a strong fighting spirit is no longer a reliance. Rhodes found that the lowest power output can achieve the highest actual combat effect. This feeling is really immersive and refreshing.

The prophetic attribute of the Ancient Cross Sword/Archangel Sword makes Rhodes seem to have martial arts wisdom and experience far beyond ordinary people. He can see through and disintegrate any martial arts in an instant, and can even cross levels and compete with legendary strongmen with non-legendary power.

In fact, the practicality of this legendary holy sword of light is not that high. It is only with Rhodes' thirty points of intelligence attribute that it achieves a very exaggerated actual combat effect. Strictly speaking, this man and sword complement each other. If it were another soldier, this legendary holy sword of light might not have such power.

With the future destiny trajectories that kept flashing in front of him, Rhodes even saw the "best" future among them:

He found an opportunity to strike with the sword and pierce the opponent's throat. The sword tip even pierced through the back of Mokali's neck.

However, Rhodes also instantly realized the subsequent danger of doing so: he would be directly cut in half by Mokali's axe.

Although this is already the "best" future of this battle, it is undoubtedly not the future he expected.

The predictive ability of the prophet attribute has its limits. With 30 points of attributes as the basis, it can only predict one or two moves. It doesn't know what will happen to the soldier master after one or two moves. Even this is because Mokali's martial arts style is open and closed with few changes. If he encounters an opponent known for his exquisite and changeable moves next time, he may not be able to predict even one or two moves. At that time, he may only be able to predict half a move.

Of course, this is already a very terrible skill in actual combat.

"Before, I entered the state of only me and the sword, forcing myself to forget the possible support and squeeze out all my actual combat potential. However, now that I can hold on, there is no need to fight it. Fatis will come soon. Even if the Griffin Knight's communication is delayed for some reason, this guy bursts out fighting spirit in this range, and Fatis cannot be insensitive at all."

Rhodes thought of these questions, and Mokali, as the leader of the vanguard of the Legion of Destruction, also thought of them.

Therefore, the axe swung faster and faster, and the more chaotic it swung, the better and clearer the future Rhode could see.

At this moment, the rumbling sound of war horses trampling came from behind Mokali and Rhode. The sound of iron hooves trampling on gravel was obviously not something that orc wolf riders could make.

The moment they noticed this, the psychological balance of both sides tilted again. Mokali became more and more impatient, but he couldn't kill the tough human noble in front of him, and Rhode's psychological advantage was further improved.

Things will be better if they are slow. In the area near the Lonely Mountain Castle, the longer it is delayed, the greater the chance of being in his favor.